I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.

I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph.

There are still people in my party who believe in consensus politics. I regard them as Quislings, as traitors... I mean it.

One of the things being in politics has taught me is that men are not a reasoned or reasonable sex.

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.